>>>When you add a picture to a menu there are two choices: File or Resource. File is clear, you select an .ico or .bmp from the disk.
>>>But what is the Resource? If you select Resource, which shows a nice list of choices, where does VFP get the picture at run-time?
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>>From the VFP runtime resource file, I presume.
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>Is VFP runtime resource file one of the runtime .DLLs?

Yes, the one with name VFP9Rxxx.DLL.